Go Daddy has become the first registrar to escrow with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), it was announced yesterday. The company has backed-up all of its customer information with an outside data storage firm as required by ICANN’s Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) program - an initiative designed to “protect consumers from losing control of their domain names should a registrar lose its accreditation or go defunct”. According to Go Daddy, it has always backed up registrant and contact information.
“Go Daddy’s customers already enjoy unparalleled, world-class customer support and security,” Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons said. “But as the world’s undisputed leader in domain registrations, we feel it is our responsibility to take the lead on this important issue.”
Go Daddy’s registrars are partnering with information protection and storage firm Iron Mountain, also the ICANN designated Registrar Data Escrow Agent, on the project. The new initiative requires all registrars to deposit a copy of their registration databases each week, with high-volume registrars depositing incremental updates daily.
“By getting industry leaders, such as Go Daddy, on board – early in the process – our testing with large volumes of data is streamlined. Go Daddy’s participation has been key to ICANN’s rollout of the Registrar Data Escrow program,” said John Boruvka, vice president of Iron Mountain’s Intellectual Property Management services.
